Table of Contents

PART I: BEGINNINGS 1. Introduction 2. Beginnings: Theories of Development 3. Beginnings: Heredity and Environment 4. Beginnings: Parental Development and Birth PART II: THE FIRST TWO YEARS 5. The First Two Years: Biosocial Development 6. The First Two Years: Cognitive Development 7. The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development PART III: EARLY CHILDHOOD 8. Early Childhood: Biosocial Development 9. Early Childhood: Cognitive Development 10. Early Childhood: Psychosocial Development PART IV: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 11. Middle Childhood: Biosocial Development 12. Middle Childhood: Cognitive Development 13. Middle Childhood: Psychosocial Development PART V: ADOLESCENCE 14. Adolescence: Biosocial Development 15. Adolescence: Cognitive Development 16. Adolescence: Psychosocial Development PART VI: EMERGING ADULTHOOD 17. Emerging Adulthood: Biosocial Development 18. Emerging Adulthood: Cognitive Development 19. Emerging Adulthood: Psychosocial Development PART VII: ADULTHOOD 20. Adulthood: Biosocial Development 21. Adulthood: Cognitive Development 22. Adulthood: Psychosocial Development PART VIII: LATE ADULTHOOD 23. Late Adulthood: Biosocial Development 24. Late Adulthood: Cognitive Development 25. Late Adulthood: Psychosocial Development Epilogue: Death and Dying

About the Author

Kathleen Stassen Berger, professor at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, USA. Berger's developmental texts are currently being used at nearly 700 colleges and universities in a dozen countries and in five languages. Kathleen's research interests include adolescent identity, sibling relationships, and bullying.